Chapter 254 Grouping
Chapter 254 Grouping
After finishing our dinner, we walked slowly towards the village entrance as if we were taking a stroll in the village.
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Found it!"
I turned my head and saw a beautiful girl with a bun looking at Neji beside me breathlessly.
“…Ningji!”
Neji said calmly, "Tenten."
Seeing him call out her name, Tiantian looked even more excited: "You... Hinata came to me and said you were back. I... Xiao Li was on a mission, and Teacher Kai is in the sanatorium... We all wanted to see you..."
She stared at Neji intently, tears suddenly streaming down her cheeks, choking with sobs: "We all... miss you so much..."
Neji was silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "I'm not him."
"I know... I know... Hinata told me that you are from another world... But... But..." She covered her face, crying uncontrollably: "You are also Neji..."
We don't know what Neji in this world has experienced, nor do we know what happened between him and Tenten, let alone the details of his death in battle. Neji stood there, not knowing how to comfort her.
But Tiantian quickly calmed down and held back his tears.
She sniffed, looked at me and Gaara, her eyes blurred with tears but she forced a smile: "Is this your companion in the other world?"
"……Um."
"I heard that you are going to carry out a mission. I wonder if you have enough equipment since you came from another world... Neji, I inherited the family's weapons shop!" She took out three scrolls and handed them to us: "If you can, please use them!"
As long as we look at her eyes, we will feel that we should not refuse.
Neji held out his hand and took it, "Thank you."
Tiantian sniffed, "How long can you stay? After you complete this mission...will you come back?"
"do not know."
This is not Neji's deliberate perfunctory response, it's just that we really don't know.
We were brought into this world by Uchiha Madara. Only he himself knew when his ninjutsu would end, but he was nowhere to be found.
"If you could meet Li, he would be very happy! And Teacher Kai..."
"Tenten," Neji interrupted her. He repeated softly but firmly, "I am not him."
Tiantian pursed her lips in silence. She looked up at the sky, trying to hold back the tears that were about to burst out again, "Can I hug you?"
I took the scroll from Neji so that he could move more easily.
Neji said: "If you think this can comfort you..."
"Thank you." Tenten hugged him tightly, "You must live... Neji, live well and freely in another world."
Neji's hands hung at his sides. He accepted Tenten's grief. He knew that just standing in front of her was a comfort to her, but he was not qualified to respond to and soothe her grief on behalf of the Neji she cared about.
He replied quietly, "I will."
Even as we walked away, we could still feel Tiantian standing there, staring at our backs.
Neji looked down at the scroll in his hand, then back at Gaara and me.
Gaara: "What?"
Ningci lowered his eyes and said, "That Ningci has always stayed in Konoha, and his companions have probably always been Tenten and Lee."
"so?"
"So, their relationship must be very good." Neji said softly, "She was crying for him, even though he had been gone for two years... They valued him very much."
“Are you touched?”
"Of course I was touched, and at the same time I was terrified." Neji said, "I couldn't help but think, what if I was the one who stayed... what if my companions left... what if something happened to you... not to mention Chaolu, even if it was you, Gaara, I would find it hard to accept it."
Gaara: "What do you mean by 'even if' I do?"
Neji smiled and said, "You are also an important companion of mine. But, you know, Chaolu is the most important."
He and Gaara looked at me at the same time.
"If one day, Chaolu is gone... I would panic when I think of this possibility."
I:"……"
Gaara whispered, "But Asano is very strong, it's okay."
"As long as Chaolu can survive, it doesn't matter if I die."
"Don't say that!" I interrupted Neci's stupid talk. Maybe my tone was a little too harsh, so Neci looked at me and stopped talking.
All I can say is: "Your fate is different from that of this world's Neji. Don't be infected by his tragedy."
"Asaroya," Neji said, "I suddenly feel that it would be better to have a child."
I didn't know why he brought up this topic again, and I looked at him in confusion.
"Children are hope. They are the hope of change. The hope of changing fate, changing the future... changing the world." Neji said, "If you, Chaolu, are worried that the child will be hurt, so you would rather she never be born...they will never experience those happy and joyful things. To love someone, and to be loved by someone...those moments that make people feel 'It's so great that I was born!', didn't Chaolu have them?"
I lowered my eyes and said nothing.
"Because I met you, I am very grateful to my parents for letting me be born into this world. I even think that I was trapped in a cage just to meet you. Because you came to my side, I feel very happy to be alive."
"But this isn't fair." I said, "Ningji wants a child, but he can't get pregnant just by saying it. But if I want a child, I have to give birth to it myself, right? It would be better if whoever wants it could give birth to it."
"can."
I asked blankly, “Huh?”
Neji said, "If it's a child with Asaro, there's nothing wrong with me getting pregnant."
Gaara frowned and said, "You just said that because you know it's impossible to do it!"
Neji sighed, "It's impossible. I regret it more than you do. It would be nice if I could do it. In that case, my child would be my child with Chaolu. In this way, even if I die one day, or... Chaolu is gone, our bloodline can continue. On the other hand, we can still exist in this world."
"So what this means is that...Ningji wants a child like me?"
"Ah."
I thought about it and said happily, "So, Neji thinks it's good to have a child who looks like me?"
"I always thought you were nice."
"Thank you, Neji!" I was very happy to be affirmed. "Thank you for your appreciation of my genes and your affirmation of me."
"Then if it's possible..." Neji said, "Chaolu, can you give me your genes?"
Perhaps because he was very uneasy about the situation after his death, Neji looked very persistent.
I have read in a book that when humans realize that they may "die", they are often stimulated to have a strong desire to reproduce and to leave behind their own bloodline.
In this situation, there was no point in arguing with Neji, and the fact that he chose me to leave descendants with him was obviously a high recognition of me, and also showed his trust and closeness to me.
As a friend he relied on so much, I couldn't bear to continue to reject him, but I had no intention of passing on my genes.
Because I am an experimental subject created by Orochimaru. If my genes are leaked... would it be considered as the leakage of important experimental data?
Moreover, Orochimaru used Obito and Rin's genes to create me without their permission. What if they don't even want me, and I just casually dispose of their precious genes, causing their genes to leak more, wouldn't they be even more angry?
However, I had to go along with Neji and reassure him, "When... I'm eighteen, I'll consider it."
"I understand."
What makes me feel relieved is that Neji did not continue to dwell on this matter.
He looked at Gaara, "Can you please hold back your murderous intent for a moment, Gaara? You're making the hairs on my body stand on end."
"Then don't do anything that makes me want to kill you."
"What? Internal strife?" We didn't have to wait long before Sakura arrived. She looked curiously at the tense situation - Gaara was unilaterally tense with Neji, and asked me about the situation: "I thought they had a good relationship, is it actually so bad?"
"It's okay," I didn't know how to explain to Sakura, so I had to comfort Gaara first: "If I decide to give it to Neji, I will also give Gaara my genes."
Gaara's murderous aura quickly subsided: "Really?"
I smiled and said, "Yeah. When I'm eighteen."
If only I could live till then.
——Even if I could really live to that time, didn’t I say I would just reconsider it?
By then, Neji should have calmed down long ago, so I said that after thinking about it, I decided to just forget it.
Sakura was confused: "What gene?"
Fortunately, Shikamaru, Naruto and Sai also arrived at this time. She stopped asking for answers because Shikamaru began to arrange tasks.
"We will take the birds created by Sai and search from the air. Neji, please keep your Byakugan open the whole time."
"understood."
"In order to save Sai's chakra, we will take Asuka in groups of two. Neji and Sai will be on one group, Sakura and Naruto will be on one group, I will be on one group with Asaka, and Gaara will be on his own. Any questions?"
Gaara frowned and asked, "Why is Chaolu in the same group with you?"
"Because the Kazekage can control the sand to fly. You should be able to do it, right?"
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